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Die kleine Sonnenfinsternis

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Partial Solar Eclipse 04 Jan 2011 #3

Da das Jahr 2011 leider beim Thema Sonnenfinsternis nur äußerste karge Kost bietet – 4 partielle, keine totale Sofi – war die partielle heute am 4. Januar, sichtbar komplett in Europa, zumindest etwas “Futter” für zwischendurch. ;-)

Wolkenbedingt konnte man in Köln leider keine Sichelsonne aufgehen sehen, aber die zweite Hälfte war zunächst in kleineren Wolkenlücken, später ungestört gut zu beobachten. Und gefiltert durch die Wolken ist die teilverfinsterte Sonne auch ein etwas interessanteres Motiv.

The FIFA Total Solar Eclipse ;-)

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Total Solar Eclipse – Diamond Ring #3

Just in time for the world cup 2010 final, the moon’s shadow moved across the southern hemisphere on 11 Jul 2010. But not for the soccer fans in South Africa, only for those eclipse chasers willing to travel to Easter Island, Cook Islands or Patagonia.

Good weather conditions for the observation sites, some images can found e.g. here on spaceweather.com.

Some comfort for me staying at home: at least the great shot from 2008’s eclipse in China now has a whopping 32.000+ views on flickr! ;-)

More Impressions from Jinshan

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Total Solar Eclipse 22 Jul 2009 - Engine Room - Photo: Silivia Otto
Total Solar Eclipse 22 Jul 2009 – Engine Room – Photo: Silivia Otto
Total Solar Eclipse 22 Jul 2009 - Rain Strikes - Photo: Jan Sundström
Total Solar Eclipse 22 Jul 2009 – Rain Strikes – Photo: Jan Sundström
Total Solar Eclipse 22 Jul 2009 - Escaping the Rain - Photo: Jan Sundström
Total Solar Eclipse 22 Jul 2009 – Escaping the Rain – Photo: Jan Sundström

A few more impressions from the eclipse chasers at Ramada Plaza Sino-Bay Hotel, Jinshan, China. Not only that we were clouded out during totality, there was also ample supply of drenching rain afterwards. ;-) Thanks to Silvia Otto and Jan Sundström for the images.

[Unfortunately, there’s no higher resolution version of the images.]

Clouded Out

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Total Solar Eclipse 22 Jul 2009 – Clouded Partially Eclipsed Sun

At the end, it didn’t work out. We were only partially sucessful, so to speak. Just a few glimpses of the sun thru the clouds between 1st and 2nd contact, and even heavy rain after 3rd contact. The deep darkness was impressing, nevertheless.

A complete travel report (German only) can be found here..

T – 9d 12h

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Some useful resources for the upcoming total solar eclipse 22 July 2009, the longest one during the 21st century, just a bit short of 6 mins on the east coast of China.

T – 10d 09h

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18:10 – 18:25 – 18:44 – 19:05

Only a few days left, the next total solar eclipse on July 22nd is just around the corner. We’ll be heading to a location south of Shanghai.

So this is the perfect time to have a look back at the total solar eclipse of August 1st, 2008.

Resources:

[Update] For the more scientific stuff, have a look at